This book explores the application of field theory (patterns of interaction) to Russian economic history, and how social and political fields mediate the influences of institutions, structures, discourses and ideologies in the creation and dissemination of economic thinking, theory and practice....

This book is a major contribution to the study of political economy. With chapters ranging from the origins of political economy to its most exciting research fields, this handbook provides a reassessment of political economy as it stands today, whilst boldly gesturing to where it might head in...

The book illustrates how the treatment of complexity in analytical frameworks shapes economic studies. It explores the ways economists make sense of our economic environment and where their differences in interpretations of economic issues and policy proposals are rooted. Schwardt examines...

For the economics profession, issues of marketing and ideology have often been reduced to the status of 'the love that dare not speak its name'. This volume brings these issues out of the closet and examines what effect, if any, these factors have in shaping the contours of the discipline. The...

Teil I: Grundfragen der Volkswirtschaft (Problemstellung) -- "Was ist der Mensch?" - Menschenkenntnis für Ökonomen -- Wohlstand - "Die Fülle des Lebens" -- "Mit den Pfunden wuchern": Das Allokationsproblem -- Teil II: Die Allokation der Ressourcen durch Markt und Staat (Mikroökonomie) --...

Im Mittelpunkt dieses Lehrbuches steht das Verständnis grundlegender ökonomischer Zusammenhänge sowie des Wirtschaftsgeschehens in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Der Lehrstoff wird in einem mittleren Schwierigkeitsgrad und auf einem mittleren Abstraktionsniveau vermittelt. Die zur...

This volume deals with both a new theoretical framework and the capability of new economics to tackle a number of economic problems.It offers detailed analysis and informed comment on the type of new economics emerging in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the 'great recession'